Simplifying the assessment of the recovery from surgical injury to the lingual nerve

British Dental Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 569-573

  Renton, T ^a   Thexton, A ^a   Crean, S J ^b   Hankins, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b West Glamorgan NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; INJURY; INNERVATION; LINGUAL NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLAR TOOTH; NEURALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; TASTE BUD; TONGUE; TOUCH;

CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LINGUAL NERVE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOLAR, THIRD; NEURALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE; TOUCH;

EID: 33745551206     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813584     Document Type: Article

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